Author: Natalia Nowak
263 articles
Exploring the web hosting industry through writing - panels, providers, and everything that runs behind the scenes.
Security
InMotion Rolls Out Monarx ThreatShield Inside the PHP Engine Across Its Fleet
InMotion is deploying Monarx ThreatShield across its server fleet, moving attack blocking into the PHP engine itself.
Security
Plesk Patches Three Flaws That Start From an Ordinary Customer Account
Plesk has patched three flaws reachable from an ordinary customer account. The worst can end at root, and its fix ships outside the core update.
Industry reports
Five Registrars, Half the Blocklisted Domains, and a Dispute Over the Count
Five registrars sold half of every blocklisted gTLD domain created in 2025, and blocklist rates across the industry run from 3% to 88%.
Software reviews
Hostinger’s AI Builder Exports the Code, While the Database Stays
Hostinger says its AI Builder provisions databases, logins and stores. Customers can export the codebase, while the database itself stays.
Stock reports
GoDaddy Is Sued Over the .com Promotion That Worked Too Well
GoDaddy's discounted one-year .com pulled its domain count back into growth and cut quarterly bookings growth from 9.1% to 5%. Investors have now sued.
Pricing updates
Clientexec Will Enforce Its Update Window, and the First Upgrade Is the One That Fails
Clientexec will enforce the update window sold with Owned Licenses from version 7.2.1, and the first upgrade is the one that fails.
Industry reports
GoDaddy Launches Node.js Hosting, and Publishes the Rules Apps Must Follow
GoDaddy added Node.js hosting to its Web Hosting plans, and published a deploy contract stating what an app must do to run.
Security
Researchers Found Six Major CDNs Vulnerable to New HTTP/3 Attacks. Two Deployed Mitigations.
ix major CDNs amplify attacker traffic toward the sites they front. Two have deployed mitigations, four are still discussing it.
Security
Forminator’s 9.8 Flaw, and Eleven More Fixes in Nineteen Days
Forminator's 9.8 file upload flaw was patched seventeen days before it went public, and the changelog shows eleven more fixes around it.
Industry reports
Namecheap Wants 40 Top-Level Domains, and 15 Overlap With Rival Portfolios
Namecheap applied for 40 top-level domains through Starlight Registry. We checked the contention flags against the rivals' own lists.
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